Impact of sleep chronotype on blood pressure and metabolic markers by Weiwei Huang, Qinglu Wang, Yuan Gao, Jiefeng Wang, Feihao Wang, Jiyou Tang

“…Blood pressure was recorded, and fasting venous blood samples were collected to assess liver function, renal function, blood glucose levels, blood lipid profile, and other biochemical parameters.Results1. There was a statistically significant difference in the age of the morning type, neither type, and evening type (p < 0.01), but there was no significant difference in gender, height, weight, and BMI (ps > 0.05). 2. …”
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Associations between phenol and paraben exposure and the risk of developing breast cancer in adult women: a cross-sectional study by Yao Xiong, Zhiyu Li, Xiong Xiong, Zixuan Luo, Kaixin Zhong, Jiawei Hu, Shengrong Sun, Chuang Chen

“…The nonlinear association between TRS concentrations and the risk of developing BC was statistically significant (P nonlinear = 0.007), with the restricted cubic splines (RCS) curve exhibiting an inverted U shape. …”
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HRQoL Evaluation of Pediatric Osteogenesis Imperfecta with Zoledronic Acid Therapy by Tri Wahyu Martanto, Hamzah Rafly Rahman, Patricia Maria Kurniawati

“…A p <0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: A significant increase was found in the children’s self-reported social performance (+12.083, p = 0.023) and proxy-reported physical performance, social performance, and total score (+14.844, p = 0.006; +10.625, p = 0.010; +10.364, p = 0.006, respectively). …”
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Efficacy of a simple intravitreal perfluoropropane injection in treating unclosed idiopathic macular holes following vitrectomy by Zexia Dou, Jindong Han, Shaozhen Zhao

“…The mean BCVA before C3F8 tamponade was 0.68 ± 0.17 logMAR (20/100) after primary PPV, which improved to 0.48 ± 0.19 logMAR (20/63) after C3F8 tamponade, showing a statistically significant difference (P = 0.01). Conclusions For patients with unclosed MHs after primary PPV, the presence of the ‘cuff’ sign on OCT suggests that retreatment can be effectively achieved through a simple intravitreal gas injection. …”
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Decompressive craniectomy in subarachnoid hemorrhage compared to other etiologies: An institutional experience of 11 years by Emilia K. Pesonen, Aleksi Lammi, Cheng Qian, Mikael Von und Zu Fraunberg, Tommi K. Korhonen, Sami Tetri

“…Discussion and conclusion: Favorable outcomes were more common in TBI compared to stroke in univariate but not in multivariate analysis. There was no statistically significant difference in the rates of favorable outcomes between SAH and ischemic stroke.…”
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Assessing psychological health and reproductive function: Depression, anxiety, and stress in infertile men compared to controls: A case-control study by Seyedeh Narjes Roudbaraki, Maryam Ramezani, Bita Saifi, Mostafa Salimi, Massood Issapour Cheshani

“…Finally, the findings were statistically analyzed. Results: Severe and very severe depression, anxiety, and stress were observed in 65%, 60%, and 43.4% of infertile men and 16.7%, 23.3%, and 11.7% of fertile men, respectively. …”
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Metformin versus insulin in glycemic control in pregnancy (MevIP): a randomized clinical trial protocol by Carolina Freitas Alves Amaral-Moreira, Daiane Sofia Morais Paulino, Belmiro G. Pereira, Patricia Moretti Rehder, Fernanda G. Surita

“…Women will be routinely followed during antenatal care, childbirth, and the postpartum period. Statistical analyses will include the intention-to-treat approach and a comparison between the two groups. …”
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Impact of solid fuel use on asthma prognosis and consistent peak expiratory flow changes: Evidence from China by Yuexi Chen, Shuojia Xie, Xirong Chen, Xiaowen Zhong, Linhang Yang, Weitong Lin, Junfeng Huang, Ruchong Chen

“…Mixed-effects model pointed to a statistically potential interaction between gender and the influence of solid fuels on long-term reduction in PEF in patients with milder asthma forms. …”
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Kinetic and Photochemical Disequilibrium in the Potentially Carbon-rich Atmosphere of the Warm Jupiter WASP-69 b by Nidhi Bangera, Christiane Helling, Gloria Guilluy, Patricio Cubillos, Luca Fossati, Paolo Giacobbe, Paul Rimmer, Daniel Kitzmann

“…Cross-correlation of synthetic spectra with observed data shows that models with C/O = 2 best match observations, but models with C/O = 0.55 and 0.9 lead to statistically equivalent fits, leaving the C/O ratio unconstrained. …”
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Immune imbalance in the pre-ovulatory follicular microenvironment of overweight and obese women during IVF by Yang Liu, Yiran Zhao, Chengliang Zhou, Hong Zhu, Jiexue Pan, Jing Fu, Hefeng Huang, Hui Lin, Li Jin

“…Notably, type 2 cytokine IL4 and IL13 transcription level in OW group had significantly increased, while the type 1 cytokine IFNG only showed a non-statistically significant upward trend. Lipid profiles were screened, revealing no difference between the two groups, however, levels were higher in serum compared to FF. …”
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Quality of life and overall well-being between healthy individuals and patients with varied clinical diagnoses by Mohamad Adam Bujang, Wei Hong Lai, Xun Ting Tiong, Selvasingam Ratnasingam, Alex Ren Jye Kim, Masliyana Husin, Yvonne Yih Huan Jee, Nurul Fatma Diyana Ahmad, Clare Hui Hong Tan, Khoo Sing Yee, Yoon Khee Hon, Eileen Pin Pin Yap, Fazalena Johari, Alan Yean Yip Fong

“…Among the non-healthy participants, 41 (9.1%) had end-stage renal diseases (ESRD), 48 (10.6%) were diagnosed with cancer, 40 (8.8%) had depressive disorder, and the remaining had heart disease (8.6%). Statistical analysis revealed significant differences (p < 0.001) between healthy and non-healthy participants in both overall SigQOLM scores and across all 18 domains of SigQOLM. …”
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Causal association between non-thyroidal autoimmune diseases and Graves' ophthalmopathy: A mendelian randomization study by Lan Ma, Xue Jiang, Zhijia Hou, Dongmei Li

“…Bidirectional MR analysis was conducted using inverse variance weighted (IVW) method, weighted median (WM) method and MR-Egger test. Cochran's Q statistic was used to assess the heterogeneity between SNP estimates. …”
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Synchrotron X-ray imaging study on the mechanism of solids transfer to bitumen froth during oil sands flotation 1: True flotation by Hanyu Zhang, Liuyin Xia, Ning Zhu, Sergey Gasilov, Iris He, Xiaofan Ding

“…This study introduced an innovative image segmentation technique to quantify the transfer of particles into the bitumen froth via true flotation. Statistical analysis revealed that approximately 53 wt% of sand particles were collected due to true flotation. …”
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Growth Factor Comparison in Cortical Demineralized Bone Matrix that Demineralized Using Chloric and Acetic Acid by Mouli Edward, Ferdiansyah Mahyudin, Mohammad Hardian Basuki, Heri Suroto, Ferdiansyah Danang Perwira

“…We then analyzed the differences in growth factor levels in each acid and performed statistical analysis. Results: IGF-1 levels were higher in DBM demineralized with acetic acid than with hydrochloric acid. …”
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An Automatic Decision-Level Fusion Rice Mapping Method of Optical and SAR Images Based on Cloud Coverage by Xueqin Jiang, Song Gao, Huaqiang Du, Shenghui Fang, Yan Gong, Ning Han, Yirong Wang

“…The results obtained by the Auto-OSDF method show an average R² of 0.926 compared to municipal-level statistical planting areas. The abovementioned study demonstrates that the Auto-OSDF method is capable of achieving stable and high-precision rice mapping under cloud contamination interference.…”
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Exploring healthcare workers’ immunisation behaviour towards COVID-19 vaccines through psychological patterns by Nour El Houda Benkaddour, Sara Ramdani, Hind Khalil, Asmae Lekfif, Naima Abda, Bouchra Oneib, Yassamine Bentata

“…Logistic regression analysis was performed with p  0.05 being the level of statistical significance. Results: The participants had a median age of 25.5 years (30–34.5) and were predominantly females (68.3%). …”
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Effect of the adhesive added of copper applied with electric current on the ceramic/resin cement bond by Gabriel Augusto Silveira Sousa, Marcos Henrique Ramos da Silva, Lourenço Correr-Sobrinho, Rafael Pino Vitti, Evandro Piva, Rafael Leonardo Xediek Consani

“…RX + EA with the highest value differed statistically from RX + UA + EC with the lowest value. …”
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Polypharmacy and self-medication among older adults in Indian urban communities—a cross-sectional study by Saibal Das, Pavithra Gnanavel, Shalini Smanla, Anku Moni Saikia, Shilpi Mishra, Shweta Khare, S. Arun Murugan, Vadanere Nidhi Prakash, Parimita Roychoudhury, Ishteyaque Ahmad, Vishal Diwan, J. Rajesh, K. Sathish Kumar, Jugal Kishore, Namita Srivastava, Sabrina Yasmin, Mahmuda Nasrin, Rinku Borah, Mandeep Sarma Basistha, Chetanjit Baruah, Manoj Kalita, Shambo Samrat Samajdar, Jerin Jose Cherian, Ashish Pathak, Samiran Panda, Santanu Kumar Tripathi, Cecilia Stålsby Lundborg

“…Knowledge, attitudes, and reported practices regarding self-medication were assessed. Descriptive statistics, binary logistic regression, and multivariable analysis were used. …”
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Investigating the Effectiveness of Coal-Fired Power Plant Operations: Management, Technical and Air Pollution Aspects by Zamzam T. A. Ramly, Mohd Y. Ishak, Ahmad M. Abdullah, Marzuki Ismail, Samsuri Abdullah, Amalina Abu Mansor

“…This study seeks to find factors affecting coal-fired power generation efficiency and create a statistical model. The questionnaire covered five areas: best management practices, technology efficiency, cost efficiency, fuel efficiency, air pollution control, and the best available technique. …”
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Sociodemographic, lifestyle, and psychological factors as controllable predictors of academic self-efficacy after reforming a medical education system; the Egyptian Nationwide expe... by Ahmed Amir Samir, Ahmed Hussein Elamir, Mohamed Basyouni Helal, Yomna Goudy, Khaled Elbarbary, Mohamed El-Mezayen, Wesam Abo-Elenien, Ebtehal Hashem Abdelazim, Manar Alaa Mabrouk, the ASE-Egypt Group, Kerollos Abdelsayed

“…Data analysis was performed using R Statistical Software. Results A total of 1446 participants were included, with a mean age of 20.59 ± 1.68. …”
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